Accounting for securities available for sale. Events related to Simmons Corporation's investments of temporarily excess cash appear

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Accounting for securities available for sale. Events related to Simmons Corporation's investments of temporarily excess cash appear below. The firm classifies these investments as securities available for sale and does not elect the fair value option.

Fair Value on December 31 2008 Acquisition Selling Date Date Sold 2/15/2010 $14,900 8/22/2010 Price Security s...... Acq


None of these three securities paid dividends. Prepare dated journal entries for the following events related to these investments, assuming that the accounting period is the calendar ‘ear.
a. Acquisition of securities
b. Revaluation on December 31
c. Sale ofsecurities

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Financial Accounting an introduction to concepts, methods and uses

ISBN: 978-0324789003

13th Edition

Authors: Clyde P. Stickney, Roman L. Weil, Katherine Schipper, Jennifer Francis

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